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Silence cradles peace
Silence cradles peaceAn ancient mythos tells the story of a child born with cattle in hay in a dark, cold night in a dark, cold world. The world is…
Dec 25, 2022
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William Pastille
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Stand still
And let it go
Oct 10, 2022
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William Pastille
Humidity
We are soaked
Jul 28, 2022
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William Pastille
Nights and Days
The essential skill
May 23, 2022
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William Pastille
Rest
Today minus sixty-eight years, in the early morning hours, my mother brought me into this death, this dying-living, this mystery-journey, this finite…
Apr 30, 2022
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William Pastille
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Being whatever it is
the silence wraps up the plumber clinking tools two rooms down, the vehicles passing on the road outside, the chattering of my thoughts that won't slow…
Apr 29, 2022
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William Pastille
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Dust
A day full of tasks, / every day and no / joy, no laughter, no light. / Instead, a haze, a grayness, / leaden dustcovers shrouding / the solid…
Mar 19, 2022
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William Pastille
Boxing
A few lines a day, Goethe said. / Not to get all meta about it / but this poetry business must / have been easy for him. Maybe he / could scratch out “a…
Mar 18, 2022
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William Pastille
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